Welcome to my series, "Worth Every Penny"; items that are well worth the money (not that they are necessarily expensive) because of the ease they add to your life.
- Please note, I have not been asked to review these products, they are simply items that I have come across that make a big enough difference to my life I feel they're worth sharing.
- Please note, I have not been asked to review these products, they are simply items that I have come across that make a big enough difference to my life I feel they're worth sharing.
Breast feeding comes easy to some, and not so easily to others. Between tied tongues, Cesarean wounds, infections, antibiotic induced milk reduction, and postpartum depression, breast feeding just didn't work out for us; that doesn't mean I've given up on Breast Milk, it just means we have to use a middle man (aka an electric breast pump).
Expressed Breast Milk, or EBM, as the primary source of food gives the baby and mother all of the health benefits of regular breast feeding... but it takes time to express your milk which can cut into your already depleted sleep and add to your frustration! Enter the Medela Easy Expression Bustier.
With this wonderful device (quite a simple concept really) you can double pump without losing the use of your hands. What does this mean? Warm a bottle, seat the baby next to you (I prop Richard in his Boppy Pillow), hook yourself up to the breast pump, and feed the baby while you express his next meal.
Okay, so you won't get as much sleep as those lucky mothers who can breast feed and sleep at the same time... but you'll get the same amount of sleep as those feeding their children formula, and for me that makes the Medela Easy Expression Bustier worth every penny!
